Terilyn Joe writes to The Big Event!

Thanks for all of the great comments in Part I and Part II of our Legends of Bay Area TV news series. I tried to fill as many of your requests as I could. Look for a similar series with radio personalities later this year. I might also do something separate with Bay Area sports announcers.

Courtesy Terilyn Joe

Over the past week, I’ve enjoyed receiving feedback from many of my favorite anchors and reporters. I’ve exchanged e-mails with Wendy Tokuda, Barry Tompkins, Lloyd LaCuesta and Hank Plante, and also heard from Betty Ann Bruno, Pete Giddings and Wanda Ramey’s daughter. I’m encouraging anyone who hasn’t been in the air in a while to send a current photo and let me publish their e-mail.

I’ll admit I was slightly nervous when I received an e-mail from Terilyn Joe. She was one of the two or three most requested anchors by readers, several of whom seemed to focus on an alleged event in 2001. (Charges were never filed, people …) As you’ll see, she was very nice. And she included a current photo! Here’s the email:

Hi Peter!

My friends told me about your article and I just wanted to say “thanks” to both you and all your readers who voted for me! I may have “seemingly disappeared” but I’m still around! LOL!

I’ve been leading a very full, very fun life in San Francisco and I’m now working on a new media venture, which is still in the development stage. It will be rolling out very shortly, though, so I will keep you posted. In the meantime, I am “findable” on my Facebook page “Terilyn Joe Media.”

By the way, Richard Brown and I anchored together only two or three years, so that photo you ran is from 1992 or 93 — it’s practically a museum piece! I’ve attached a current photo.

Thanks again for your kind coverage.

Best,

Terilyn Joe

Thanks Terilyn! The update and photo is appreciated. Look on The Big Event next week for more reporter and anchor updates.

PETER HARTLAUB is the pop culture critic at the San Francisco Chronicle and founder/editor of The Big Event. He takes requests. Contact him at phartlaub@sfchronicle.com. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/peterhartlaub. Follow The Big Event on Facebook.